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CODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States showman famous for his Wild West Show (1846-1917)
Synonyms:
Buffalo Bill; Buffalo Bill Cody; Cody; William F. Cody; William Frederick Cody
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
impresario; promoter; showman (a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments)
Context examples:
It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a row-boat, pulled out to the Tuolomee and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He was employed in a vague personal capacity—while he remained with Cody he was in turn steward, mate, skipper, secretary, and even jailor, for Dan Cody sober knew what lavish doings Dan Cody drunk might soon be about and he provided for such contingencies by reposing more and more trust in Gatsby.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
He had changed it at the age of seventeen and at the specific moment that witnessed the beginning of his career—when he saw Dan Cody's yacht drop anchor over the most insidious flat on Lake Superior.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
